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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-06-01
THE NEW SOUTH.
WIN. PERRY RRowN.

Thou, who of old didst dominate
On battlefield, in council hall,
The nations love, the nations hate,
Sun crowned, though robed in the dark pail
Of slavery and of caste;
Thou, who, baptized in blood and fire,
From out thine ashes didst arise
Above the torture and the mire
Of thine unfathomed destinies,
Mourn not, veil not thy past
That past is dead, yet from its grave,
Pregnant with deathless memories,
A newer life hath risen to save
A race made mightier by the ties
Uniting sons with sires
And thou Renowned that sittest low,
Bathing thy feet in summer seas,
Mantling thy brow in summer snow
klndling with newborn industries
Thy blood-quenched altar fires;
Rising DER worn-out loves orshates
Buried meath Gods all-wise DEGREES,
Unto the nobler life that waits
Thy progress down the centuries,
Thy triumph time hath wrought,
Thine open hand is grasped by hands
That clutched thee fiercely on the field;
From Threats that hurled the stern COM
mand
Down hostile lines, kind accents yield
The welcome thou hast sought.
Through all thine upward march l see
Divine monitions of hand,
Molding the gem of things to be
From out the bridge of signs that SPAWNED
Thine earlier destiny;
Preserving to thy sons the fame
OF all thy.past inyiolate; es.
Blending thy ehildren's future name
With all that makes a nation great
In love and liberty.
-4fsG0f1 Con sfig,,J;o.,
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GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

Insane haste to become rich is one road
to poverty.
Regard no vice so small that thou may.
est brook 1t, no virtue so small that thou may
est overlook IL.
Hope Is like the wing of an angel,
soaring up to Heaven, bearing our prayers to
the throne of grace.-Jereny Taylor.
Kindness Is the music of goodwill to
men; and on this harp the smallest finger may
play Heavens sweetest tunes on earth.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks thread in the loom. and viii see the
effect when the weaving Of a llfetimeis UNI
raycled.
Conquer myself. Till thou hast done
that, thou art slave; for it is almost as well
TO be in subsection TO another's appetite as thy
own.-Burton.
Many small man is never done talk
ing about the sacrifices he makes, but Il is a
great man indeed who can sacrifice everything
and say nothing.
Life's evening will take its character
from the day which has preceded 1t and II we
would close our career In religious hope, we
must prepare for it by continuous religious
habit.
Most men call fretting minor fault,
q foible, and not a vice. There is no vice ex-
ceptdrunkenness which ,an so utterly destroy
the peace, the happiness Of a home. Christian
Standard.
have seldom seen much ostentation
and much learning met together. The sun,
rising and declining, makes long shadows; and
Al.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-06-01

For evening wear very lovely Is the
costume shown In the accompanying il
lustration, of white valenciennes lace
and heliotrope India silk The lace skirt,
disposed with becoming fullness, is made
over skirt of cream faille, and the over
dress, which is of heliotrope silk, is
handsomely pleated into an apron and
full back drapery. The pointed basque
is cut out V-shape in the neck and has a
peated plastron and full sleeves of the
lace. Bows of heliotrope ribbon orna-
ment the side Of the skirt and the bodice.
The fan Is white gauze yelled n-laea.----.-
iighf brown cashmere, very soft and fine,
draped in graceful way over a skirt of
brown MORE, and ornamented with a
bow of MORE ribbon at the side The
jacket basque opens over d pleated waist
coat of primrose faille, and thereyer are
OF brown MORE.
The tailor made costume, two speci-
mems of which appear in the accompany
ing illustration, loses nothing in popu-
larity as time goes on, and is still consid-
cred the height OF the mode for outdoor
wear on every occasion, travelling, etc.
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PETROLEUM IN ANCIENT TIMES.
1t is True That There is Nothing New
Under the Sun.

1t is True That There is Nothing New
Under the Sun.
Many ancient authors mention petro-
leum, either in the form of crude oil for
burning or as bitumen. The most in
teresting reference, however, to petro-
leum in the form of oil is in Plutarch's
Life of Alexander the Great, where it is
stated that in the district of Ecbatana
probably the modern Hamadan in Per
sia) Alexander was particularly struck
with gulf of fire, which streamed con-
tinually as from an inexhaustible source.
He admired also flood of naphtha not far
from the gulf, which flowed in such
abundance that it formed lake. This
naphtha in many respects resembles btu
men, but 1t is much more infiammable.
Before any fire touches it, it catches light
from flame at some distance, and often
kindles the intermediate air; the bar
barians, to show the King its force and
the subtlety of its nature, scattered some
drops of it in the street which led to his
lodgings; and, standing at one end, they
applied their torches, for it was dark, to
some OF the nearest drops; the flame
communicated itself swifter than
thought, and the street was instantly all
on fire.
We also find recorded in Plutarch the
very sad consequence of practical
joke played with petroleum for Alex
ander's amusement. "There was an
Athenian, who, among others, waited on
Alexander when he bathed, and
anointed him with oil; this man had the
greatest success in his attempts to divert
him. One day stupid looking boy
named Stephen, happening to attend the
bath, the Athenian said to the King:
Shall we make an experiment of the
naphtha upon Stephens If it takes fire
even upon him, and does not presently
die out, we must indeed allow its force
to be extraordinary The boy consented
to undergo the trial; but as soon as he
was anointed, his whole body broke out
into a flame, and Alexander was ex-
tremely concerned at his danger. Moth
ing could prevent his being entirely con-
stunned by it if there had not been people
;at hand with many vessels of water for
the service of the bath. As It was, they
found it difficult to extinguish the fire,
and the poor boy felt the bad effects of
it as long as he lived" We must in this
case suppose that light was applied to
the boy after being anointed with oil, or
else that he was in the immediate vicinity
of large fire used for heating the bath.
- Morning Magazine.
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NATURAL SOAP sUDs.
A Lake In Nevada Full of Soda, Borax and
Other Minerals.

Other Minerals.
Mono lake is full of soda, borax and other
minerals in solution. The water of both
Owens and Mono lakes is natural deter
gent. The dirtiest and greasiest of clothing
is made clean in half minute by simply
rinsing the article in the lake. 1t fathers
naturally when agitated.
When there is a high wind wall of suds
three or four feet high is seen along that
shore upon which the waves beat This
quivering wall--in which are seen all the
colors of the rainbow, and as many beauties
as are shown by the kaleidoscope-w
grow to height of ten or twelve feet before
toppling over but that when it attains a GER
tain height the wind catches it up and watts
great balls of ii far inland. Some of these
boating balloons of lather are as big as a
-four barrel.
As the prevailing winds are from the west,
all vegetation on the western shore of the
lakes is killed for distance of many rods.
When there are unusually high winds the
balls of suds are blown so far inland as to
reach clumps of willows and other bushes,
the leaves of which are then seen TO be
scorched as though by fire.
The water, just as it comes from the lakes,
would make an excellent shampoo for the
use Of BARRIERS, and the solid matter resulting
from evaporation would make fine wash
ing powder for laundry use.- Virginia (Nev.)
E7lferDrise
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CRANK INVENTORS.
TWO GENIUsEs WHO ARE ENTT-
TIED TO STAND AT THE HEAD.
Grand Philanthropic Schemes--col. Pinch
overs Method Of Helping Dogs to Turn
Corners-Michael CahilI's Plan for Pre-
venting the Smash-up of the World.

No institution in the world receives so
many queer letters and curious apple
cations as the patent office Wash
ington. The fantastic ideas of cranks
of the country fly to 1t like particles
to magnet. The applications that have
been made for patents on perpetual
motion machines are simply innumera-
bic, and any occurrence producing
strong impression upon the public mind
is sure to be followed by perfect storm
of queer inventions. When President
Garfield was lying upon his sick bed in
the White House the cranks sent in all
kinds of models of inventions for re-
ducing the temperature of the sick ROOM
Applications for models of destructive
torpedoes, flying machines ETC., are of
daily occurrence, but the palm for gro.
tesque inventions is awarded by the
much-enduring officials to Mr.. Michael
Cahill and Morris Pinchover, Esq.
Both of these gentlemen are well
known at Washington, and it must be
said of them that their inventions are
thoroughly philanthropic in their con-
ception. Mr.. Pinchover has noticed
with deep concern the difficulties which
he thinks beset dogs when they turn
corners, hence he has invented device
for adjustable dogs tails. The colonel's
title is of unknown derivation, but as
titles are very cheap in this country,
nobody begrudges him his colonelcy
'-e is short and wiry, his hair is worn
long like the typical cowboy or an Indian
herb doctor, and he generally wears a
SLOUGH hat Ia nisstdire. He carries with
him a cylindrical tin case, which contains
maps and diagrams of his great invention.
Here is the description given of it in his
for u patent which was ac-
companied by this diagram;
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something, giving an eager bark at every
jump. / at last reached the open. Gay
was just coming back from up the noun
tain side and my friend was calling him.
"Come back you fool, you
"What was II, Miles p asked.
Nothing less than mountain lion,
and / tell you he looked as big as an
elephant"
"Why didn't you shoot? He must have
passed near YOU
ooh, ] was ioauca y ~. No. @ shot,
and their skins are not good anyhow at
this season of the year,.
"Ah-h-hl yes, see"
Well, we continued our shooting,
capturing three or four dusky grouse as
large as a barn-yard chicken. This was
quite feat, for they are scarce and even
mbre delicious than the others. They
ate of dark blush slate color when the
feathers are in their places, but ruffle
them up and the feathers are soon white
Underneath.
eTaking everything together we had a
del ghtful day. Sport, and one of the party
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One device Is as follows: He directs
that large captive balloons, armed with
steel points and big refectors Of light,
heat and sound, be sent up at convenient
places all over the earth's surface. 'High
above the moisture zone Of the atmos-
phere," says the inventor, 'the particles
Of yapor freeze and become ice yessicles,
or spicula, and are propelled by electric
and wind currents to the poles" Strong
currents of electricity are sent up to the
balloon and complete electric communi-
cation established between the earth and
the higher strata of he air. The steel
points on the balloon becoming electri-
fed, attract the vessicles of yapor,
described above, 'impinge Them" to use
Cahilps language, and precipitatc them
below the moisture belt, where they melt
and fall to the earth as rain To assist
this, the refectors Of heat, &c, play an
important part.
Another scheme Is to have tall towers
OF iron of telescope construction erected
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The railway companies have begun to
experiment with the new apparatus, and
have seen it working al the porte
cochere of one of the private houses
Of Paris. .Wheres fqnveEsaiio ps swps,. kent
jewellers on the sixth floor flat. who never
stirred from their seats nor opened the door
of their apartment.
The inventor and promoter of the new
telephone is an American, DR.. Cornelius
Herr, the same man who, after serving the
French against Germany, in 1901, when
he was wounded and decorated, was accused
of being a German spy by a newspaper
writer and who ate his words as soon as The
doctors seconds called upon him. He is a
grand officer of the Legion of Honor, the
only. one Of our countrymen who has. ever
obtained that distinction, and the intimate
friend and conlidant, socially and politically,
of General Boulanger. Hisinyentive genius
was first manifested in America and has
been developed during his residence here,
where he has not been idle.-Faris Letter 10
Mem York Times
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wAYsIDE WISDOM.
TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.

TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD
The poet sang, Hail, gentle springl'
Thereat behold the tickle thing
Respond with zeal and fervor, too
For frozen Jumps began to fall
eli therel" the poet loud did call,
You are too cursed literal;
didn't mean that sort at all,
My hail was simply How dye do?'
x*w
OUR SWEET TEMPTATION.
Beelzebub in fair disguise
Some people call the ladies,
So 'twont occasion much surprise,
That men are bound for Hades
~*#
REASON FOR LAUGHTER.
A grinning skull dug from its grave,
Laughed at its tombstone as il read:
What unsupported good knave
May have recorded when he's dead2
Wv
Exchange states that Jubilee drink laaei
been extensively advertised in London, and
that jubilee coffin had previously made its
appearance. Thus sequence is bad; it is
usually drink. first and coffin afterward
ss--- "a ~
"ouida's chief charm /" says asociety jour
nal, s'is her hands AMI feet, which are
phenomenally small and perfectly formed"
Are we to infer from this that her literary
work is secondary consideration?
Nv
Emperor William is reported to have said:
at is the one button left unbuttoned which
is the ruin of an entire army" Button
Baton o, yes on the breaches of dis
cipline.
NV
Said the zephyr whispering through the
boughs of one tree to another: "Your buds
are about to burst Is it painful9" 20,
no." returned the sapling, I'D just as leaf +"
NV
No European nation so far has agreed TO
take part in the Paris Exposition, except
Switzerland, and that country will very likely
cheese it.
Nv
Says exchange Every man should be
his own prohibitionist. He don't nave to;
he usually marries one.
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upon high eminences, inside of these
towers tremendous currents of warm air
and steam are injected upward to the
atmospheric zones of ice, thereby sub
serving the melting of ''icc spicula," as
described above.
The inventors third scheme consists
of immense burning glasses placed on
the surface of the earth of such magni-
tude that the suns rays will pierce
through cloudland and focus in that mys-
terious region that floats around the
globe, melting the ice spicula and pro-
ducing rain. Cahill was thwarted In his
philanthropic designs, as he was refused
a patent, but he still feels the proud
consciousness that if the earth goes to
smash it will not be his fault
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She Sawed 1t or short.

Down on Erie street, between Stickney
avenue and BIZ sh street, stands one-story
cottage, the property Of Chicagoan. The
woman who owns the adjoining house dis
covered the other day that the cottage en-
croached two and half feet on her ground.
the fact, and demanded that the cottage be
moved off her property. The agent, Il APP
pears, was little negligent in attending TO
the matter, but was Mortified when he visited
the premises to find that the woman had
secured the services Of carpenter and had
sawed two and half feet Of the house off
and built fence to indicate the line of her
property. Toledo (O.) Special
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Mr.. w. OBrien, who is now on his way
across the Atlantic. is to be elected member
of Parliament in his absence. There is no
limit to the restless energy Of this remarka-
Bile man. His soul is too active for its case,
and his ardent and indomitable spirit is
wearing out physical frame that was never
exceptionally robust. If zeal, selfdevotion,
inexhaustibie vigor and indomitable will
should entitle man to respect and admira-
ton among his fellows, then we know no
man more worthy of the honor than the ed
itor of United Ireland. If we had but six
Englishmen Of his calibre, all agreed on one
policy. these six men would rule the empire
Pail Mall Gazette.
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ed by leading New York modiste and
shown by her at recent opening
was theatre or opera bonnet, unlike
anything seen before 1t was nothing
more nor less than small, closely fitted
cap of red velvet, setting snugly to the
back of the head and outlining its shape.
A handsome black lace scarf was ar
ranged over it and fastened down by
fancy pins, much after the fashion OF
wearing Grape wells in half mourning,
the ends draped about the shoulders in
true Spanish fashion. 1t is very pretty
and graceful, and would be becoming to
the generality of faces.
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COOPERATION.
ome Timely Advice to workingmen From
UuI,nr Dunar

Some Timely Advice to workingmen From
Labor Paper.
The vast army of organized workers are
awakening to the fact that they must make
a shift for themselves, and, in order to lay
the foundation for this, great many Co
operative enterprises are formulating all over
this country. But they must not run away
with the idea that all they will have to do
will be tomake start and the concern will
take care Of itself. This is a grave mistake
In launching forth into cooperative business
enterprise the projectors must be careful and
go into the scheme with their eyes open, and
with thorough knowledge that it may re-
quire years of hard work to place their UNI
dertaking on firm basis. When one ex-
amines into the workings of the
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lands history. The pathway to success
is beset by many difficulties, which must
be avoided in order to make success of
cooperative undertakings. 1t is the duty of
one and all who are engaged in the labor
movement to help ON any undertaking in
this direction. We have the utmost conf
dence in this method of working out the
principles Of the Knights of Labor, and an
ticipate that before many years we will be
able to give striking evidence of the march
of progress in cooperation. Hammond La
Dor Rec0rd
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ourPs.
Hard t;mes-Marble clio,

Hard times-Marble clocks.
Drilling is bore to those members of
militia company who join just for the fun
of the thing.
A contemporary is discussing the question,
How do BARRIERS learn their trader" A good
many never do.
Itissingular that dogs wear pants in the
summer when it is warm, and discard them
in the winter when it is cold.
There is very little change in mems
trousers this spring, says fashion oracle.
That is very true. Thee change has been lost
in betting on the wrong clubs.
A bell cast by Paul Revere now hangs in
the belfry Of church at Plymouth. Mass
It is old enough to bea chestnut bell.
General Lew Wallace says that when be is
travelling he writes ON the cars. Lew ought
TO quit the habit, for hardly anything de
faces anice new car like scribbling all overit.
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English coop
erative societies
it can readily be
seen how dark
was the path
way for the few
pioneers in the
movement, and
it was only with
the utmost dill
gen CO., con fl
'dence in one
q II OF n er, ana
persev eran CO
they have been
able to build up
the mammoth
structures that
are now such
grand monu-
npnfa In EuQ.
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They are fashioned in various ways;
some are pleated from belt to hem, with
full draperies In the back, while others
have their skirts in panels finished with
buttons and braid opening over pleats
laid in between The finish and work
must be of the incest possible descrip-
ton, the bodice trim fitting and without
wrinkle.
Tailor suits of dark myrtle green pilot
cloth, tricot or ladies' cloth, braided in
gold or silver, or those of admiral blue,
with skirt panels and bodice embroid-
cred in gold, are the height Of style
abroad. NORMA BLAKE.
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cardlnai c.lbbonr ~ FRANCO.

Reports state that Cardinal Gibbons met
with grand reception at Rheims, which
city be has visited. His fame as the cham
pion Of the workingmen had preceded him,
and when he paid visit to the great factory
of Val-de- Bots his reception by the opera
tiyes was complete ovation. Delegates
from twenty-seyen different councils Of
workingmen were present, and committee
representing them handed Cardinal Gibbons
a report on the workingmen's economic in
situations Of France
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Don't you think Mr.. Bluemarck, " asked
Miss Daisygirl, sweetly, that poets arc
born 70 ''Too many Of EN- are" groaned
the editor, too many Of 'em are and with
whitening look he scratched out min
stanzas Of an code to j. r. on Seeing Hs
Swing in Hammock at M, May. 1887
net and said wearily to the waiting foreman
sPut it somewhere under Crash & Linen'>
cut; folks'll think it's part Of the adj - BIZ
dstte IN Brooklyn Eagle.
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We came near having an adventure
during the day that we did not bargain
for. Approaching very deep thicket |
remarked to comrade that If he would
take the open on the side hill near the
edge, would struggle through with Gay
and give him a good shot. He agreed,
and l plunged in. The thicket was so
dense and matted with sedgy grass that
1t was with difficulty could force my
way, and 1t was impossible for me to see
anything ten feet off. / had penetrated
to about the center when heard rush
and growl near me. Whatever IL was
Gay was after it and it was going toward
my friend. / could see nothing, but
yelled to him and fought my way as
rapidly as possible after Gay, who was
evidently making good time running
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white, the brim very
much turned up on
one side and faced
with blue velvet, one
row Of the handsome
braid being allowed to
show beyond. The
trimming is cream
white ribbon, arrang-
ed in twists and loops,
surmounted by a clus-
ter of cream white
ostrich tips.
ia
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rRoup on ms ooLLEeE.

PROUD OF MS COLLEGE.
Miss Benton Gust introduced)-I hear you
are at college, Mr.. .Fitzmaurice?
Mr.. Fitzmaurice-Yes, Miss Benton, am
in my sophomore year.
HAS your college comprehensive curri-
culum? p,
Eyes, indeed, and thorough, too. There
isn't better football team in the State, than
ours, and we can just leave them all behind
when it comes to rowing"
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his HARD TrlaIs.

Softhearted old lady (when she'd heard
the story and assisted applicant) Dear mel
All, poor man you must indeed have gone
through dreadful trials.
Tramp blieve yer, m UNI Ian what's
wus, mum, Twas al avs convicted London
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a Yaeht 70 bs Run by Gas.

In July o yacht will be launched in the
Ohio river at Pittsburg which will be thirty
six feet long six inches beam, and will draw
less than twenty-five inches. 1t will be run
by gas, to be generated from chemicals in
inches space in the stern Of the boat. The
builders guarantee the boat to travel twelve
miles an hour. The engine and machinery
weigh only 300 pounds and the vessel will
carry twenty Five people.